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So I’ve always wanted to do A poetry reading like A standup comedy act – Cue the laughter – There’s just always been Something so beatnik In the pauses and silence, Where you can hear the almost Not quite imaginary cymbals clash, That moment heavy With anticipation, tense preparation – The spitting of water – […]

poignant realization that i really ought to keep up with new writing/publishing platforms… this was the hurried result. Call me “old school” that I still use DeviantArt and WordPress and occasionally, OCCASSIONALLY, Blogger, (accept that I still call it Blogspot). I like the fact that it contains The genesis of my musings. See, I’ve been […]

I had a type once, Beyond the standard checklist of Bright eyes, kind smile, Must tell jokes. No, My type was far simpler: Only douchebag nice guys need apply. And indeed, only they did. I used to spend hours lamenting, Pondering, questioning “why?” I Always came 2nd or even 3rd to Their family, their boys, […]

His words fell into and outside of me, Some fey wander I put blanket terms over charming boys Faded into the background Her glamour is made up eyes Black and glossy Hepburn I wanted to tell him why breakfast at tiffanys Brought flutters to my fledgling heart Why my whiskey soul thirsted Dying embers yearning. […]

My fingers trail after the ghost of you Memory pretty boy with your pretty words Spinning beautiful mindscapes in my universe. I want to breath you in All the intricacies that make you human And inhale your hurt, that I may unburden your being. Pretty xylophone magic that ignites A joy that almost aches Because […]

We put marks on everything. Luggage tags, Name cards, Signatures, Post-its For the longest time, I thought They were called post-sticks, Like the sticky note I have of that time We were in my dorm And I asked you what the name was For the thing that heats water up, And you laughed, “you mean […]

It’s mid-november again, Auburn stars falling around me And I imagine you wrapped in your scarf, The one that took me forever to knit, The one that didn’t come out quite right. I know things have changed, They’ve been changed for a long time. Three years too far, two continents too long… Your scent is […]

I was named for a poet And so I spent most of my life Emulating him. I was 10 when I discovered that I Held a magic ability to twist words, Manipulate emotions, Sentences of longing that made you want. The funny thing is, I didn’t Actually learn how to read until I was 9. […]

I had a lover once who called me his Fireworks, He would trace love poems into my skin, whispering Stories of his past, our presence, but never our future. The night I left, he drove me to the beach where we danced To the midnight waves. There, buried within the cold sand Is the slice […]